Senior People Analytics Manager

About Checkr
Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014 and valued at $5B, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping thousands of companies like Uber, Instacart, Netflix, Compass Group, and Adecco to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe.

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr has been recognized as one of BuiltIn's 2023 Best Places to Work in the US and is a Y Combinator 2023 Breakthrough Company and Top Company by Valuation.

About the team/role

We are looking for a strong Senior People Analytics Manager to set the vision for how we use data-based insights to guide our people strategy. This key role will establish and mature Checkr’s capabilities to harness insights using people data and the actions informed by those insights to improve key metrics for the business. The ideal candidate is a seasoned People Analytics leader with strong business acumen and domain expertise to build a variety of analytical solutions, including dashboards, tools, and models that will engage, motivate, and move people to action. This is a highly cross-functional and hands-on role where ability to form deep partnerships with senior leaders, other analytics teams, and the People team will be essential to success. Join us and be a part of a mission-driven company that is passionate about investing in people analytics. 

What you’ll do

• Define and execute against a People Analytics vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Partner with key People team stakeholders to understand their challenges, frame opportunities, and design analytics or research solutions to address their needs. 
• Create various self-service reporting solutions / purpose-built tools that enable stakeholders across the company to be effective and self-sufficient in applying data to their roles. 
• Deliver deep insights into various business-critical analytics projects (e.g., flight risk modeling, attrition scenario modeling). 
• Monitor key performance indicators to help guide strategic direction and operational priorities for business leaders.
• Create data stories to influence business leaders and drive change at all levels of the organization. 
• Conduct research projects
• Pull custom reports - emergent requests
• Enable self-service and automation wherever possible.
• Perform additional People Operations duties and projects as they arise. 

What you bring

• Strong analytical acumen and comfort in drawing metric-based conclusions by managing an extensive amount of data, including the ability to design predictive analytic insights. 
• Experience presenting to and working with senior leadership. Experience building analytics for a company’s Board is highly desired.
• A high degree of customer obsession, with a track record for delivering results, team collaboration, and strong analytical acumen.
• Strong HR functional expertise with technology, operations, implementations, systems, and data & analytics.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and build relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work “hands-on” and willingness to "roll up your sleeves" to get things done.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills while exercising sound judgment.
• Proven experience handling confidential and sensitive information with the ability to exercise discretion and show good judgment; honesty, integrity, and trust-building behaviors in all dealings are essential and required in this role.
• Deep experience working with our most used tools including Workday, Snowflake, and Lookr, and an ability to recommend system-based solutions to deliver meaningful insights. 
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills required.
• Proven time management skills and an ability to handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of organization are required.

What you’ll get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advance